Waistband



B. CLARK.

WAISTBAND.

APPL|CAT|0N FILED FEB. 4, 1919.

Patented June 8, 1920.

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To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, BERTHA CLARK, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedVVaistband, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The invention relates to womens wearing apparel, and its object is toprovide a new and improved waistband for skirts, petti' coats, andsimilar garments, and arranged to enable a dressmaker or other person toreadily lengthen or shorten the waistband to suit the waist size of thegarment on which the waistband is to be used. Another object is topermit of readily attaching the waistband to the garment and to stiffen`it after its attachment to prevent the waistband from crumpling up whenthe garment is used.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction hereinafter shown and described and thenspecifically pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the waistband for attachment to thewaist of a garment;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the free end of the band andits connecting member;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the ends of the finished waistband in closedposition;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the waistband in closed position; l

Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse section of the waistband on the line5-5 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is a face lview ofone end of the band provided with reinforcingmeans; and

Fig. 7 is a similar view of another modified form of the same.

A band 1() of. suitable fabric material has one end 11 doubled up, andthe doubled-up members are fastened together by eyelets 12 carryingfastening members 13 such as hooks. The fastening -members 13 areadapted to be engaged by fastening members 14 preferablypin the form ofeyes fastened by eyelets 15 to the doubled-up end 16 of a connectingmember -17 made of a.,

Specification of Letters Patent.

which the band 10is made,

Patented J une 8, 1920.

Application led February 4, 1919. Serial No. 274,951.

piece of fabric material the same as that of it being understood thatthis piece of material is doubled up to form two flaps 18 and 19 forreceiving between them the doubled-up free end 2O of the band 10. ,a

The band 10 with its fastening members 13 and the connecting piece 17with its fastening members 14 provide an article of manufacture which issold to dressmakers and other persons, it being understood that the band10 is of suiiicient length to provide a waistband for practically allsizes' of waists of garments on which the waistband is to be used. It isunderstood that when the dressmaker or other person intends to use thewaistband the end 20 is doubled up according to the size of the waist ofthe garment on which the waistband is used, and then this doubled-up end20 is passed between the flaps 18 and 19 and sewed thereto by rows ofstitches 21.

In order to enable the dressmaker or user of the waistband to quicklydetermine the length of the band 10 according to the size of the waistof the garment on which the waistband is used, the free end of the band10 is provided'with a lengthwise extending linear graduation 25,preferably indicating inches and subdivisions, as plainly shown in thedrawings. By the arrangement described the user can readily double upthe free end 2O of the band 10 along the corresponding graduation markfor forming a waistband of the desired length.

Waistbands after being in use on garments are liable to crumple upespecially along the middle of the waistband, and ,in order to preventsuch crumpling up use is made of a stiffener 30, preferably in the formof a cross and made of two stripsr31 of Celluloid, steel and othersuitable material, pivotally connected with each other at their middleby a pivot 32. The ends of the strips 31 are provided with holes 33 forattaching the stiflener by stitches 34 to the waistband at the innerface of the middle of the waistband, as plainly indicated in Fig. 4. Itwill be noticed that the strips 31 can be swung one relative to theother to make the cross longer or shorter with a view 'to fit waistbandsof different width. It is understood that the ends of the strips 31 areadjacent the top and bottom edges of the band 10 to hold the latteragainst crumpling up when the garment is worn.

In order to reinforce thehook end 11 of the band use is made of areinforcingbar (see Fig. 6) extending vertically from one fasteningmember 13 to the other to reinforce the band Y10 and prevent it fromcrumpling up. The ends of the bar l() are fastened-by eyelets 41 to theband end 11, and the bar 40 extends through the bends of the hookmembers 13.

Instead of a single reinforcing bar 40 two vertically alined bars 42 maybe used, one for each fastening member 13. Each of the bars 42 extendsthrough the bend of the corresponding hook member 12 and its ends arefastened by eyelets 43 to the band end 11.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Let- 1. As an article ofmanufacture, a waistband for attachment to garments, comprising a banddoubled up lengthwise at one end, a fastening member attached to thesaid doubled-'up end of the band, a connecting band member formed 4of apiece of fabric material doubled up lengthwise to provide two integralflaps adapted to receive the -free end of the said band between them,and a fastening member attached to the doubled-up end of the saidconnecting band member and adapted to engage the said fastening memberon the band.

2. As an article of manufacture, a waistband for attachment to garments,comprising a band doubled up lengthwise at one end and adapted to bedoubled up lengthwise at its free end, spaced fastening members attachedto the said doubled-up end of the band, a connecting band memberformedof a piece of fabric material of the same nature as that of which thesaid band is made, the said connecting band member being doubled uplengthwise to provide two integral flaps adapted to receive the saiddoubled-up free end of the *band between them, and spaced fasteningmembers attached to the doubled-up end of the said connecting bandmember and adapted to engage the said fastening members on the saidband.

3. Aslan article of manufacture, a waistband for attachment to garments,comprising a band doubled' up lengthwise at one end and adapted to bedoubled up lengthwise at its free end, spaced fastening members attachedto the said doubled up end of the band, a connecting band member formedof a piece of fabric material of the same nature as that of which thesaid band is made, the said connecting ban`d member being doubled uplengthwise to provide two flaps adapted to receive the said doubled-upfree end of the band between them, spaced fasv 'tening members attachedto the doubled-up end ofthe said connectingiband member and adapted toengage the saidv fastening lmembers on the said band, and reinforcingmeans, reinforcing the said spaced members on the doubled up end of thesaid band.

4. As an article of manufacture, a waistband for attachment to garments,comprising a band provided at one end with a fastening member, aconnecting band member provided at one end with a fastening memberadapted to engage the said fastening member on the band, the saidconnecting band member having two flaps adapted to receive the free endof the said band between them, and a linear Igraduation extendinglengthwise of the band at the free end4 thereof.

5. As an article of manufacture, a waistband for attachment to garments,comprising a band doubled up at one end, fastening members havingeyelets attached to the said doubled-up end ofthe band, a connectingbandmember Iformed of a doubled-up piece of fabric material and providedwith flaps adaptedlto receive the free end of the band between them, andfastening members having eyelets attached to the doubled-up end of thesaid connecting piece and adapted to engage thesaid fastening memberson` the band.

6. In combination, a waistband and a stiffener therefor,thestiifener'comprising a crossformed of two lat crossed strips provided attheir ends with holes for attaching the cross to the waistband adjacentthe upper and lower edges thereof, and a pivot connectin the said crossstrips with each other at t eir middle to allow of adjusting the crossto the width of the waistband.

7. A. waistband to be sewn inside of a dress for support andpreservation of rthe shape, comprising `a non-stretching band,

with fastening means at one end, and measuring means applied to theother free end, adapted to be folded at a desired designation; andconnecting means, with comple- Imentary fastening means normally inplace on the first -fastening means when the waistband is sold, butotherwise lunattached, so

band doubled at one end, a fastening 'mem'" ber permanently attached tothe doubled end, permanently fastening the doubled members together; aconnecting band member formed of a piece of fabric doubled t0 providetwo integral flaps adapted to receive the free end of the waistbandbetween them, and a fastening member permanently attached to the doubledend of the connecting band member, to engage the companion fasteningmember on the waistband.

10. A waistband to be sewn inside of a dress for support andpreservation of the shape, comprising a band doubled at one end, withfastening members attached b v rivets extending therethrough and bothdoubled parts; and connectino` means of suitable ambi@ materia, dobledto provide flaps for receiving the free end of the band which is sewn inplace, with companion fastening meansriveted tothe fold.

BERTHA CLARK.

